CORPUS CHRISTI - Flour Bluff residents met with city staff and police and code enforcement officers Monday night to discuss issues they see in their community.

Residents living in the neighborhood bounded by Don Patricio Road, Glenoak Drive, Flour Bluff Drive and Waldron Road cited a number of problems they would like to see fixed, including traffic, drugs and graffiti.

Operation Proud Partnership headed to Flour Bluff last month when police officers went door to door asking residents if they agreed with statements about safety in their neighborhood.

Capt. Russell Sherman revealed those results Monday night during a public meeting, and 90 percent of residents said they feel safe. But 11 percent said they believe there is a gang problem and 31 percent said they believe there is a drug problem in the neighborhood.

Several residents mentioned that something needed to be done about the traffic on Don Patricio Road, saying that drivers regularly speed on the roadway, which also is too narrow.

“Is the city going to wait for someone to get hit or run over for them to do something?” one resident asked officers.

Lt. Anthony Sanders recommended installing speed bumps and said the department will further evaluate the issues.

Sanders, who will take over the Flour Bluff police district, assured residents that officers would be available to listen and try to solve community concerns.

“Anything that were talking about today, we want to continue to grow and build on it,” he said. “We don’t want it to be a one-time thing.”

Operation Proud Partnership is a citywide initiative meant to open a dialogue between police and citizens to help clean up neighborhoods and to eradicate crime.

Kenneth Vincent and his wife, Samantha, live in Castle Manor Apartments and discussed issues with a neighbor who they noticed has a high volume of people coming and going from her apartment.

“We have a son, and if she is doing drugs, we don’t want him around it,” Samantha Vincent said.

The couple attended Monday’s meeting to voice their concerns and hear those of others. After hearing some of the statistics, they said they felt better about their neighborhood.

“I wanted to come here and tell everyone about the community and to see what was going on,” Kenneth Vincent said. “To actually find out that every is going well makes me at ease.”